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Mga Maiksing Reminder Tungkol sa Prayer
Saan ba tayo manalangin?
Sa lahat ng lugar 1Tim. 2.8
Mt. 6.6 Kahit sa isang private
na lugar
Lk 18.10 Kahit sa isang public
na lugar
Kailan ba tayo manalangin?
Sa lahat ng panahon Lk 18.1
Ps. 5.3, Ps.55.17 Sa umaga , tanghali at gabi
Ps.86.3, Ps 88.1 Araw- araw, araw at gabi
Ano ba ang ang mga bagay na idudulog natin sa Panginoon?
Idulog natin sa Panalanginang mga nakatala sa mga talata na ito:
Mt.6 9-13 - Ang pagbalik Niya muli, ang kalooban Niya, supply natin sa araaw-araw, kapatawaran, gabay Niya sa ating buhay, at pagtagumpay laban sa tukso at kasalanan
Jas. 5. 13-16 - Ang mga may sakit
1Tim. 2. 1-4 - para sa lahat ng mga tao, para sa mga hari, para sa lahat ng may katungkulan, para sa sariling buhay, at para sa kaligtasan ng mga makasalanan.
Dan. 6.18-23 - safety sa ating sarili at sa iba din
Isa. 38.1-5 - long life
Mt. 6.25-34 - para sa isusuot, shelter at pagkain
1Kg. 3.5-9 - wisdom at understanding
Rom 1.10 - safe at prosperous journey
Col. 1.28 - bawat isa sa atin ay makitang ganap kay Kristo Jesus.
Mt5. 38-48 - para sa kumakalaban at umuusig sa atin.
1Tim. 5.17 - para sa mga leader ng iglesia
Paano ba tayo manalangin?
Rom. 8.26 - 27 - Dapat may gabay tayo sa Banal na Espiritu
Heb11.6 - Manalangin tayo ng may pananampalataya sa Dios
Heb11.6 - Manalangin ng may masinop na paghahanap sa kalooban Niya (Diligently seek Him) .
Lk 18.1-8 Manalangin ng may persistence(pagpapatuloy)
2Chron 7.14 Manalangin ng may pagpapakumbaba.
Rom 8. 27, Mt. 26.39 Manalangin ayon sa Kalooban Niya
Mk 11.24 Manalangin tayo ng may pagpapatawad sa nagkasala sa atin
1Jn. 3.22 Manalangin tayo ng may pagsunod sa kanyang utos
Jn 16. 24 Manalangin tayo ayon sa pangalan Niya
Isang adaptation mula sa 100 Bible Lessons ni Alban Douglas
Saturday, July 11, 2009
THE MERCY OF GOD-BLANKS
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ANG HABAG NG DIOS
The Mercy of God
1. What is mercy? Ano ba ang habag ng Dios? Ang habag ay higit pa sa pagbigay sa tao ng ___________________ sa kanya. Ito ay ang pagbigay sa kabila ng ___________________ na dahilan upang ang pagbibigyan ay di dapat bigyan. Mercy is more than giving someone something that is ____________ than he or she deserves, it is giving it to him or her even though one could argue against it being reasonable to give it.
2. Ano ba ang kaibahan ng habag sa biyaya? How is that different from grace?
Ang habag ay nagsasabi na tayo ay karapatdapat parusahan ngunit hindi tayo makakatanggap
ng _____________ na iyan. Samantala, ang biyaya ay ang __________ ng isang bagay na di
natin maaring kamtin. Mercy says you deserve some type of _____________but you will not
get what you deserve.Grace is a gift of something you have ______________.
3. What can we see about His mercy? Ano ang makikita natin tungkol sa kanyang kahabagan?
• Binibigay Niya ang kahabagan Niya doon sa mga lumapit at sumunod sa Kanya sa kaligtasan. He gives his mercy on those who have a_________ _____________with Him. (Psa.32:10)
• Binubuhos Niya ang kahabagan Niya doon sa mga sumusunod sa Kanya. Obedience opens a window for God to __________in His mercy.
• Hindi ang ating kabutihan ang daan ng Kanyang habag, ngunit ang hahadlang ng habag ay ang ating katiwalian. It is not that our being good deserves mercy or earns it, but that ____________, blocks it. Even though we can never earn mercy, we can close the door to mercy by rebellion.
Ang pagsisisi ay siya ring daan ng Kanyang kahabagan. ____________ also
opens a way for His mercy to be received. Prov 28:13 (NIV)
4. Paano ba ipinahayag ng Dios ang Kanyang habag? 1. Ipinahayag ng Dios ang Kanyang habag sa pamamagitan ng kanyang ________. God’s wrath on the wicked is an expression of His mercy. He announces His wrath that others may take heed.
2. Ang kahirapan, mga pasakit at mga pighati sa buhay ay kasama din sa pagpapahayag ng habag ng Panginoon sa ating buhay. ____________in our lives, illness, trouble, and trials can be an expression of mercy. _________ doesn’t always come in the form we expect. 3.As with all His attributes, the ultimate expression of mercy is the __________.
How does this mercy express itself in our lives? Una, ipakita natin na tayo ay mga taong naakit kay Kristo at napagbigyan ng habag Niya. Pangalawa, ihain natin ang ating mga katawan sa Dios bilang haing buhay. Ang paglalagay natin sa ating buhay bilang haing buhay nangangahulugan na tayo ay hindi na nagmamay-ari sa ating buhay. Dahil hind na tayo ang nagmamay-ari nito ang buong buhay natin ay isang gawain ng Dios. (Ro 12:1,2) We no longer own our lives, our lives are by His mercy God's ministries. Through this same mercy we are given a ministry. Pangatlo, maipapahayag natin ang habag ng Dios sa ating buhay sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng mga saganang opportunidad na maging mahabagin araw-araw.
ANG HABAG NG DIOS
The Mercy of God
1. What is mercy? Ano ba ang habag ng Dios? Ang habag ay higit pa sa pagbigay sa tao ng ___________________ sa kanya. Ito ay ang pagbigay sa kabila ng ___________________ na dahilan upang ang pagbibigyan ay di dapat bigyan. Mercy is more than giving someone something that is ____________ than he or she deserves, it is giving it to him or her even though one could argue against it being reasonable to give it.
2. Ano ba ang kaibahan ng habag sa biyaya? How is that different from grace?
Ang habag ay nagsasabi na tayo ay karapatdapat parusahan ngunit hindi tayo makakatanggap
ng _____________ na iyan. Samantala, ang biyaya ay ang __________ ng isang bagay na di
natin maaring kamtin. Mercy says you deserve some type of _____________but you will not
get what you deserve.Grace is a gift of something you have ______________.
3. What can we see about His mercy? Ano ang makikita natin tungkol sa kanyang kahabagan?
• Binibigay Niya ang kahabagan Niya doon sa mga lumapit at sumunod sa Kanya sa kaligtasan. He gives his mercy on those who have a_________ _____________with Him. (Psa.32:10)
• Binubuhos Niya ang kahabagan Niya doon sa mga sumusunod sa Kanya. Obedience opens a window for God to __________in His mercy.
• Hindi ang ating kabutihan ang daan ng Kanyang habag, ngunit ang hahadlang ng habag ay ang ating katiwalian. It is not that our being good deserves mercy or earns it, but that ____________, blocks it. Even though we can never earn mercy, we can close the door to mercy by rebellion.
Ang pagsisisi ay siya ring daan ng Kanyang kahabagan. ____________ also
opens a way for His mercy to be received. Prov 28:13 (NIV)
4. Paano ba ipinahayag ng Dios ang Kanyang habag? 1. Ipinahayag ng Dios ang Kanyang habag sa pamamagitan ng kanyang ________. God’s wrath on the wicked is an expression of His mercy. He announces His wrath that others may take heed.
2. Ang kahirapan, mga pasakit at mga pighati sa buhay ay kasama din sa pagpapahayag ng habag ng Panginoon sa ating buhay. ____________in our lives, illness, trouble, and trials can be an expression of mercy. _________ doesn’t always come in the form we expect. 3.As with all His attributes, the ultimate expression of mercy is the __________.
How does this mercy express itself in our lives? Una, ipakita natin na tayo ay mga taong naakit kay Kristo at napagbigyan ng habag Niya. Pangalawa, ihain natin ang ating mga katawan sa Dios bilang haing buhay. Ang paglalagay natin sa ating buhay bilang haing buhay nangangahulugan na tayo ay hindi na nagmamay-ari sa ating buhay. Dahil hind na tayo ang nagmamay-ari nito ang buong buhay natin ay isang gawain ng Dios. (Ro 12:1,2) We no longer own our lives, our lives are by His mercy God's ministries. Through this same mercy we are given a ministry. Pangatlo, maipapahayag natin ang habag ng Dios sa ating buhay sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng mga saganang opportunidad na maging mahabagin araw-araw.
THE MERCY OF GOD
083103
ANG HABAG NG DIOS
The Mercy of God
Nandito tayo ngayong araw na ito dahil sa habag ng Dios. Habag or mercy is an attribute of God.
Psalms 5:7 (NIV)7 But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple.
Dahil sa habag ng Dios tayo ay templo ng Dios. Di ba tayo ay living stones, mga batong buhay na pinagiisa bilang templo ng Dios.
Dahil din sa habag Niya tayo ay naging kasakop sa pamilya ng ating Dios.
Malaki ang utang natin sa kahabagan ng Dios bagamat madalas hindi natin ito binibigyan ng pansin.
Ngayong araw na ito dapat alamin natin kung ano iyong habag ng Dios. At para malaman natin ito may sasagutin tayong 4 na tanong tungkol sa kahabagan Niya.
1. Ano ba ang habag ng Dios?
2. Ano ba ang kaibahan ng habag at biyaya?
3. Ano ba ang makikita natin tungkol sa habag Niya?
4. Paano ba ipinapahayag ng Dios ang kahabagan Niya?
1. What is mercy? Ano ba ang habag ng Dios?
Ang habag ay higit pa sa pagbigay sa tao ng higit pa sa karapatdapat sa kanya. Ito ay ang pagbigay sa kabila ng matibay na dahilan upang ang pagbibigyan ay di dapat bigyan.
Mercy is more than giving someone something that is much more than he or she deserves, it is giving it to him or her even though one could argue against it being reasonable to give it.
2. Ano ba ang kaibahan ng habag sa biyaya? How is that different from grace?
Ang habag ay nagsasabi na tayo ay karapatdapat parusahan ngunit hindi tayo makakatanggap ng parusa na iyan.
Samantala, ang biyaya ay ang pagkakaloob ng isang bagay na di natin maaring kamtin.
Mercy says you deserve some type of punishment but you will not get what you deserve.
Grace is a gift of something you have not earned. Do you see the difference?
If you came this morning without shoes and I just gave you a pair out of the goodness of my heart you would be a recipient of grace. If you threw that pair into a dumpster, but then realized you needed them and I gave you another pair, then you have received mercy.
Listen to the application in Psalms 41:4 (NIV). 4 I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you." I have sinned, and I deserve this affliction, but I ask for something that is contrary to what I deserve. That is asking for mercy. Both attributes, grace and mercy, spring from the goodness of God and are unearned by anything we do.
3. What can we see about His mercy? Ano ang makikita natin tungkol sa kanyang kahabagan?
• Binibigay Niya ang kahabagan Niya doon sa mga lumapit at sumunod sa Kanya sa kaligtasan. He gives his mercy on those who have a saving relationship with Him.
(Psa.32:10) "He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass Him about ".
• Binubuhos Niya ang kahabagan Niya doon sa mga sumusunod sa Kanya. Obedience opens a window for God to pour in His mercy. Sa pagkakaroon natin ng relationship sa Panginoon maguumpisa ang pabuhos ng habag Niya ngunit hinihingi din ng Paginoon ang patuloy nating pagsunod sa kanya ng maibuhos Niyang patuloy ang biyaya Niya.
You see mercy is only applied in righteousness. Let me give you an illustration from Israel’s history. Noong sinakop ng Israel ang Lupang Pangako may mga siyudad na kailangan nilang lupigin. Ang mga kayamanan ng mga siyudad na ito ay dapat ialay nila bilang haing sinunog o' kaya'y burnt offering. Kung merong lalabag ito aksyon na ito ay maghahadlaang sa habag ng Dios. To reward rebellion is not right or just or even genuine love. Deut 13:17,18 “None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands, so that the LORD will turn from his fierce anger; he will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your forefathers,18 because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.”
• Hindi ang ating kabutihan ang daan ng Kanyang habag, ngunit ang hahadlang ng habag ay ang ating katiwalian. It is not that our being good deserves mercy or earns it, but that sin, outright rebellion, blocks it. Even though we can never earn mercy, we can close the door to mercy by rebellion.
Dan 9:18 (NIV)18 Give ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.
• Ang pagsisisi ay siya ring daan ng Kanyang kahabagan. Repentance also opens a way for His mercy to be received. Prov 28:13 (NIV)13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
So we see God chooses to have mercy on those who are repentant and those not in rebellion against Him, those not disobedient to His commands. Obedience and repentance open a channel for the mercy of God to flow. They do not earn mercy but allow it to flow righteously. Numerous times through the psalms we see this expression of repentance and a request for mercy to be displayed toward the psalmist or the nation.
Man cannot find repentance and obedience in himself without the mercy and grace of God moving upon his heart. This mercy that moves upon the heart of every man is the light that lights every man that comes into the world.(John 1:9)
When that mercy clearly reveals God calling us to Himself, we become accountable to respond. Before we have really received that calling of God we are undeserving sinners by nature. We need a clear picture of what the fallen human condition is to truly appreciate mercy. God would be perfectly justified in wiping our sin loving lives off the planet for all the pain and havoc our rebellious hearts cause. Lam 3:22 (KJV)22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
The mercy of God is sometimes an excuse for an unrepentant life. I’ve heard people say, “What kind of merciful God would send a soul to hell.” That ideology is merely a justification for not yielding to the mercy of God drawing them to repentance. What a sad excuse for remaining in rebellion. God pleads with each one of us not to go on destroying our lives with rebellion, and some would insist on going down that path by twisting the very nature of God. To say God is merciful without being just is to distort His integrity and make God into man’s image, and to insistently continue down our path of self-destruction.
4. Paano ba ipinahayag ng Dios ang Kanyang habag?
Ipinahayag ng Dios ang Kanyang habag sa pamamagitan ng kanyang poot sa masasama. God’s wrath on the wicked is an expression of His mercy. It is an exercise of His justice to turn them from self-destruction. Hell for the unrepentant rebels who will ignore His love of God in giving His own Son for them is just and in keeping with the rebels’ demand to live separated from God. He announces His wrath that others may take heed. For those who reject the love of God and the gift of His Son, the judgement they receive will be equity for their choices. What they have sown they will reap. They have sown the wind and they will reap the whirlwind. Ps 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God. Since they reject what the Son has done for them, they will be paid in full for their sin – death (separation from Life). Anything else would be inequitable and God cannot be unfair. It’s just not in His perfect character.
Ang kahirapan, mga pasakit at mga pighati sa buhay ay kasama din sa pagpapahayag ng habag ng Panginoon sa ating buhay. Trials in our lives, illness, trouble, and trials can be an expression of mercy. Alam ni David ito, alam ni Job ito at alam rin ni Pablo ito, na ang buhay man ay may mga pighati, pinahintulutan lang ng Panginoon ito hindi dahil malupit siya, kundi'y sa pamamagitan nito'y lumakas tayo. Jonah was mercifully thrown into the sea, swallowed by a great fish and spit up on the shores of the very place he had been running from. He probably wouldn’t have described it as mercy at the time, but later when Ninevah repented he could see it was. In weakness we are made strong. In difficulty we turn from self and look to the One who is our Strength. This, too, is the mercy of God. Mercy doesn’t always come in the form we expect.
As with all His attributes, the ultimate expression of mercy is the cross. One problem with the Jews of that day is they did not expect mercy to appear in a form so humble and so gruesome. God cannot bless us with saving mercy while the justice for our rebellion against Him is unmet. In the cross, the justice of God was met, so that we could justly be recipients of the mercy of God. It is by the mercy of God we were saved. We deserved justice of eternal punishment for our rebellion against our Creator who gave us life. But the mercy of God sent Jesus, who took what we rightly deserved so that mercy could be poured out on us – justly. “… saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.” Titus 3:5a It wasn’t because we repented, or because we responded to his grace that drew us, although that unbolted the door – It is because His Son died in your place.
Kaligayahan ng puso ng Dios na maipahayag ang habag Niya. It delights the heart of God to express mercy toward you. Micah 7:18 (NIV)18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. God would love to show mercy to every soul. It is His delight. But some refuse to come to Him for His redeeming mercy and grace.
Nais din Niya na ipahayag at isabuhay din natin ang habag Niya. God desires that we exhibit this beautiful quality as the life of Christ is expressed in us. Micah 6:8 (NIV)8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
We are to love mercy. God doesn’t just like to show mercy. He loves to. More than any ritual we can perform or routine we can go through God wants us to express this attribute of His. Hosea 6:6 (NIV)6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. It was one of the three important things Jesus told the Pharisees they were lacking. Mt 23:23 But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. (The important matters of the Law are the attributes of God that we are to reflect.)
Zech 7:9 This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.’ If you want mercy from God and others, Jesus said to be merciful. If you show mercy you will receive mercy. Mt 5:7 Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy.
How does this mercy express itself in our lives?
Una, ipakita natin na tayo ay mga taong naakit kay Kristo at napagbigyan ng habag Niya.
Pangalawa, ihain natin ang ating mga katawan sa Dios bilang haing buhay. Ang paglalagay natin sa ating buhay bilang haing buhay nangangahulugan na tayo ay hindi na nagmamay-ari sa ating buhay. Dahil hind na tayo ang nagmamay-ari nito ang buong buhay natin ay isang gawain ng Dios. (Ro 12:1,2) We no longer own our lives, our lives are by His mercy God's ministries. Through this same mercy we are given a ministry. 2 Cor 4:1 (NIV) 1 Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
Pangatlo, maipapahayag natin ang habag ng Dios sa ating buhay sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng mga saganang opportunidad na maging mahabagin araw-araw.
Choosing to keep loving the offensive is to express mercy. They offend and offend and offend, but God’s love conquers all and it is an expression of His mercy.
To forgive those who wrong you again and again is mercy. And remember the promise, ‘the merciful will be shown mercy.’ The same measuring cup you use toward others, God will use toward you. Let us be known to be merciful beings in the world.
Let us show mercy as one motivated by true love. His mercy is the right kind, mixed with love, yet just and holy, not self motivated, but love motivated. His kind of mercy is always the right kind.
Is there someone in your life you are having difficulty showing God’s mercy to? You think you’ve scraped the bottom of your mercy barrel. Remember the widow of Zerapheth, reach into that empty jar and - WOE it’s not empty – I was just sure I’d used up all the mercy last time, but there is more of the mercy of God there to meet the need. The life of Jesus in you will never run empty. It will be in you like an artesian spring, flowing up into eternal life! Let Him express His mercy through you and you will be shown even more mercy than the ocean of mercy you have already received.
If we were a little more in touch with reality of the Kingdom of God we could see we are all swimming in an ocean of mercy. It reminds me of the man who was forgiven a debt of a great amount but refused to give mercy to the one who owed him so little. Be merciful – even as your Father in heaven is merciful. Considering all the mercy He has invested in you, it is only right for you to pass it on to everyone you come in contact with – and may I say especially those who are close to you.
Right now the Spirit of God has probably brought someone to mind that you need to be merciful toward. Would you like the same measure of mercy applied to you that you are showing them? Well? Come on now? Is that how you want God to deal with you? Then you better get ready to show more mercy by the grace of God. You need to act on the conviction you are receiving right now if you believe the word of God. I don’t mean just forgiving it, but do what the LORD does for you, in the way He does it for you. Use the biggest measure you can find. Determine right now before God how you need to respond to show God’s great mercy, and follow through with that plan with God’s help.
Deut 4:31a (NIV) For the LORD your God is a merciful God;
Psalm 89:1 KJV I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever.
ANG HABAG NG DIOS
The Mercy of God
Nandito tayo ngayong araw na ito dahil sa habag ng Dios. Habag or mercy is an attribute of God.
Psalms 5:7 (NIV)7 But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple.
Dahil sa habag ng Dios tayo ay templo ng Dios. Di ba tayo ay living stones, mga batong buhay na pinagiisa bilang templo ng Dios.
Dahil din sa habag Niya tayo ay naging kasakop sa pamilya ng ating Dios.
Malaki ang utang natin sa kahabagan ng Dios bagamat madalas hindi natin ito binibigyan ng pansin.
Ngayong araw na ito dapat alamin natin kung ano iyong habag ng Dios. At para malaman natin ito may sasagutin tayong 4 na tanong tungkol sa kahabagan Niya.
1. Ano ba ang habag ng Dios?
2. Ano ba ang kaibahan ng habag at biyaya?
3. Ano ba ang makikita natin tungkol sa habag Niya?
4. Paano ba ipinapahayag ng Dios ang kahabagan Niya?
1. What is mercy? Ano ba ang habag ng Dios?
Ang habag ay higit pa sa pagbigay sa tao ng higit pa sa karapatdapat sa kanya. Ito ay ang pagbigay sa kabila ng matibay na dahilan upang ang pagbibigyan ay di dapat bigyan.
Mercy is more than giving someone something that is much more than he or she deserves, it is giving it to him or her even though one could argue against it being reasonable to give it.
2. Ano ba ang kaibahan ng habag sa biyaya? How is that different from grace?
Ang habag ay nagsasabi na tayo ay karapatdapat parusahan ngunit hindi tayo makakatanggap ng parusa na iyan.
Samantala, ang biyaya ay ang pagkakaloob ng isang bagay na di natin maaring kamtin.
Mercy says you deserve some type of punishment but you will not get what you deserve.
Grace is a gift of something you have not earned. Do you see the difference?
If you came this morning without shoes and I just gave you a pair out of the goodness of my heart you would be a recipient of grace. If you threw that pair into a dumpster, but then realized you needed them and I gave you another pair, then you have received mercy.
Listen to the application in Psalms 41:4 (NIV). 4 I said, "O LORD, have mercy on me; heal me, for I have sinned against you." I have sinned, and I deserve this affliction, but I ask for something that is contrary to what I deserve. That is asking for mercy. Both attributes, grace and mercy, spring from the goodness of God and are unearned by anything we do.
3. What can we see about His mercy? Ano ang makikita natin tungkol sa kanyang kahabagan?
• Binibigay Niya ang kahabagan Niya doon sa mga lumapit at sumunod sa Kanya sa kaligtasan. He gives his mercy on those who have a saving relationship with Him.
(Psa.32:10) "He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass Him about ".
• Binubuhos Niya ang kahabagan Niya doon sa mga sumusunod sa Kanya. Obedience opens a window for God to pour in His mercy. Sa pagkakaroon natin ng relationship sa Panginoon maguumpisa ang pabuhos ng habag Niya ngunit hinihingi din ng Paginoon ang patuloy nating pagsunod sa kanya ng maibuhos Niyang patuloy ang biyaya Niya.
You see mercy is only applied in righteousness. Let me give you an illustration from Israel’s history. Noong sinakop ng Israel ang Lupang Pangako may mga siyudad na kailangan nilang lupigin. Ang mga kayamanan ng mga siyudad na ito ay dapat ialay nila bilang haing sinunog o' kaya'y burnt offering. Kung merong lalabag ito aksyon na ito ay maghahadlaang sa habag ng Dios. To reward rebellion is not right or just or even genuine love. Deut 13:17,18 “None of those condemned things shall be found in your hands, so that the LORD will turn from his fierce anger; he will show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your forefathers,18 because you obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes.”
• Hindi ang ating kabutihan ang daan ng Kanyang habag, ngunit ang hahadlang ng habag ay ang ating katiwalian. It is not that our being good deserves mercy or earns it, but that sin, outright rebellion, blocks it. Even though we can never earn mercy, we can close the door to mercy by rebellion.
Dan 9:18 (NIV)18 Give ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.
• Ang pagsisisi ay siya ring daan ng Kanyang kahabagan. Repentance also opens a way for His mercy to be received. Prov 28:13 (NIV)13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
So we see God chooses to have mercy on those who are repentant and those not in rebellion against Him, those not disobedient to His commands. Obedience and repentance open a channel for the mercy of God to flow. They do not earn mercy but allow it to flow righteously. Numerous times through the psalms we see this expression of repentance and a request for mercy to be displayed toward the psalmist or the nation.
Man cannot find repentance and obedience in himself without the mercy and grace of God moving upon his heart. This mercy that moves upon the heart of every man is the light that lights every man that comes into the world.(John 1:9)
When that mercy clearly reveals God calling us to Himself, we become accountable to respond. Before we have really received that calling of God we are undeserving sinners by nature. We need a clear picture of what the fallen human condition is to truly appreciate mercy. God would be perfectly justified in wiping our sin loving lives off the planet for all the pain and havoc our rebellious hearts cause. Lam 3:22 (KJV)22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
The mercy of God is sometimes an excuse for an unrepentant life. I’ve heard people say, “What kind of merciful God would send a soul to hell.” That ideology is merely a justification for not yielding to the mercy of God drawing them to repentance. What a sad excuse for remaining in rebellion. God pleads with each one of us not to go on destroying our lives with rebellion, and some would insist on going down that path by twisting the very nature of God. To say God is merciful without being just is to distort His integrity and make God into man’s image, and to insistently continue down our path of self-destruction.
4. Paano ba ipinahayag ng Dios ang Kanyang habag?
Ipinahayag ng Dios ang Kanyang habag sa pamamagitan ng kanyang poot sa masasama. God’s wrath on the wicked is an expression of His mercy. It is an exercise of His justice to turn them from self-destruction. Hell for the unrepentant rebels who will ignore His love of God in giving His own Son for them is just and in keeping with the rebels’ demand to live separated from God. He announces His wrath that others may take heed. For those who reject the love of God and the gift of His Son, the judgement they receive will be equity for their choices. What they have sown they will reap. They have sown the wind and they will reap the whirlwind. Ps 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God. Since they reject what the Son has done for them, they will be paid in full for their sin – death (separation from Life). Anything else would be inequitable and God cannot be unfair. It’s just not in His perfect character.
Ang kahirapan, mga pasakit at mga pighati sa buhay ay kasama din sa pagpapahayag ng habag ng Panginoon sa ating buhay. Trials in our lives, illness, trouble, and trials can be an expression of mercy. Alam ni David ito, alam ni Job ito at alam rin ni Pablo ito, na ang buhay man ay may mga pighati, pinahintulutan lang ng Panginoon ito hindi dahil malupit siya, kundi'y sa pamamagitan nito'y lumakas tayo. Jonah was mercifully thrown into the sea, swallowed by a great fish and spit up on the shores of the very place he had been running from. He probably wouldn’t have described it as mercy at the time, but later when Ninevah repented he could see it was. In weakness we are made strong. In difficulty we turn from self and look to the One who is our Strength. This, too, is the mercy of God. Mercy doesn’t always come in the form we expect.
As with all His attributes, the ultimate expression of mercy is the cross. One problem with the Jews of that day is they did not expect mercy to appear in a form so humble and so gruesome. God cannot bless us with saving mercy while the justice for our rebellion against Him is unmet. In the cross, the justice of God was met, so that we could justly be recipients of the mercy of God. It is by the mercy of God we were saved. We deserved justice of eternal punishment for our rebellion against our Creator who gave us life. But the mercy of God sent Jesus, who took what we rightly deserved so that mercy could be poured out on us – justly. “… saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.” Titus 3:5a It wasn’t because we repented, or because we responded to his grace that drew us, although that unbolted the door – It is because His Son died in your place.
Kaligayahan ng puso ng Dios na maipahayag ang habag Niya. It delights the heart of God to express mercy toward you. Micah 7:18 (NIV)18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. God would love to show mercy to every soul. It is His delight. But some refuse to come to Him for His redeeming mercy and grace.
Nais din Niya na ipahayag at isabuhay din natin ang habag Niya. God desires that we exhibit this beautiful quality as the life of Christ is expressed in us. Micah 6:8 (NIV)8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
We are to love mercy. God doesn’t just like to show mercy. He loves to. More than any ritual we can perform or routine we can go through God wants us to express this attribute of His. Hosea 6:6 (NIV)6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. It was one of the three important things Jesus told the Pharisees they were lacking. Mt 23:23 But you have neglected the more important matters of the law--justice, mercy and faithfulness. (The important matters of the Law are the attributes of God that we are to reflect.)
Zech 7:9 This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.’ If you want mercy from God and others, Jesus said to be merciful. If you show mercy you will receive mercy. Mt 5:7 Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy.
How does this mercy express itself in our lives?
Una, ipakita natin na tayo ay mga taong naakit kay Kristo at napagbigyan ng habag Niya.
Pangalawa, ihain natin ang ating mga katawan sa Dios bilang haing buhay. Ang paglalagay natin sa ating buhay bilang haing buhay nangangahulugan na tayo ay hindi na nagmamay-ari sa ating buhay. Dahil hind na tayo ang nagmamay-ari nito ang buong buhay natin ay isang gawain ng Dios. (Ro 12:1,2) We no longer own our lives, our lives are by His mercy God's ministries. Through this same mercy we are given a ministry. 2 Cor 4:1 (NIV) 1 Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.
Pangatlo, maipapahayag natin ang habag ng Dios sa ating buhay sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng mga saganang opportunidad na maging mahabagin araw-araw.
Choosing to keep loving the offensive is to express mercy. They offend and offend and offend, but God’s love conquers all and it is an expression of His mercy.
To forgive those who wrong you again and again is mercy. And remember the promise, ‘the merciful will be shown mercy.’ The same measuring cup you use toward others, God will use toward you. Let us be known to be merciful beings in the world.
Let us show mercy as one motivated by true love. His mercy is the right kind, mixed with love, yet just and holy, not self motivated, but love motivated. His kind of mercy is always the right kind.
Is there someone in your life you are having difficulty showing God’s mercy to? You think you’ve scraped the bottom of your mercy barrel. Remember the widow of Zerapheth, reach into that empty jar and - WOE it’s not empty – I was just sure I’d used up all the mercy last time, but there is more of the mercy of God there to meet the need. The life of Jesus in you will never run empty. It will be in you like an artesian spring, flowing up into eternal life! Let Him express His mercy through you and you will be shown even more mercy than the ocean of mercy you have already received.
If we were a little more in touch with reality of the Kingdom of God we could see we are all swimming in an ocean of mercy. It reminds me of the man who was forgiven a debt of a great amount but refused to give mercy to the one who owed him so little. Be merciful – even as your Father in heaven is merciful. Considering all the mercy He has invested in you, it is only right for you to pass it on to everyone you come in contact with – and may I say especially those who are close to you.
Right now the Spirit of God has probably brought someone to mind that you need to be merciful toward. Would you like the same measure of mercy applied to you that you are showing them? Well? Come on now? Is that how you want God to deal with you? Then you better get ready to show more mercy by the grace of God. You need to act on the conviction you are receiving right now if you believe the word of God. I don’t mean just forgiving it, but do what the LORD does for you, in the way He does it for you. Use the biggest measure you can find. Determine right now before God how you need to respond to show God’s great mercy, and follow through with that plan with God’s help.
Deut 4:31a (NIV) For the LORD your God is a merciful God;
Psalm 89:1 KJV I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever.
THE LOVE OF GOD - BLANKS
08 17 03
Ang Pagibig ng Dios
The Love of God
God is love. 1John 4:8,16
Today as we think of God as love we have to ask what does the Bible say about His love
1. His love is a love that ____________itself for the one loved. Ang kanyang pagibig ay isang pagibig na _______________ sa sarili maibig lang ang iniibig.
So anong klaseng pagibig ito na siyang imahen dn ng ating Dios.
Ang pagibig niya ay matapat (His love is faithful),v.4
Ang kanyang pagibig ay di nagbabago (His love is unchanging),
Ang kanyang pagibig ay maawain (His love is merciful),v.5a
Ang kanyang pagibig ay hindi nagmamaliw (His love never fails).v.8
1John 4:19
Psalms 48:9
2. His love is a love that was a __________________ to give up one’s life for another. Ang pagibig Niya ay may _______________ibigay ang sariling buhay.
3. His love causes us to ___________those whom He loves. Ang pagibig Niya ay tumutulak sa atin na _______ sa mga iniibig Niya.
4. His love is ___________. ________________Niya ang pagibig Niya sa _______.
5. His love is a _____________________. His love desires that we love Him who is the _______________________ God that we have. Ang pagibig Niya ay ____________________. Ninanais Niya na Dios na matuwid at walang kamalian Siya ay walang __________________________sa ating pagibig.
Ang Pagibig ng Dios
The Love of God
God is love. 1John 4:8,16
Today as we think of God as love we have to ask what does the Bible say about His love
1. His love is a love that ____________itself for the one loved. Ang kanyang pagibig ay isang pagibig na _______________ sa sarili maibig lang ang iniibig.
So anong klaseng pagibig ito na siyang imahen dn ng ating Dios.
Ang pagibig niya ay matapat (His love is faithful),v.4
Ang kanyang pagibig ay di nagbabago (His love is unchanging),
Ang kanyang pagibig ay maawain (His love is merciful),v.5a
Ang kanyang pagibig ay hindi nagmamaliw (His love never fails).v.8
1John 4:19
Psalms 48:9
2. His love is a love that was a __________________ to give up one’s life for another. Ang pagibig Niya ay may _______________ibigay ang sariling buhay.
3. His love causes us to ___________those whom He loves. Ang pagibig Niya ay tumutulak sa atin na _______ sa mga iniibig Niya.
4. His love is ___________. ________________Niya ang pagibig Niya sa _______.
5. His love is a _____________________. His love desires that we love Him who is the _______________________ God that we have. Ang pagibig Niya ay ____________________. Ninanais Niya na Dios na matuwid at walang kamalian Siya ay walang __________________________sa ating pagibig.
THE LOVE OF GOD
08 17 03
Ang Pagibig ng Dios
The Love of God
God is love. 1John 4:8,16
Kung meron man isang salita na nakapagbigay kalituhan ng mga tao, ito ang salitang pagibig. Ano ba ang pagibig. What is love? Ang salitang love sa orihinal ay hindi kasi natin nabibigyan ng hustisya sa ating pagtranslate. May 3-4 na klase ng pagibig. Andiyan ang phileo na siyang ginagamit natin sa brotherly love. Andiyan ang eros na ang gamit ay para sa physical and sensual love. Dito ang ginagamit ay ang agape. Agape is that kind of love that is freely given and that expects nothing back. Ito ang pagibig na kusang binibigay at hindi humihingi ng kapalit.
Ang pagibig ay hindi yuong sentimentality, romantic attachments at iba pa. Minsan nalilito tayo sa sa ating sinasabi tungkol sa Dios , sinasabi natin na Siya ay pagibig ngunit dulot ng ating kalituhan ginagamit natin ang modern usage ng salitang pagibig.of the word ‘love’. We often think of love as some wimpy sentimental gushy indulgent kindness. This is where we need the truth of Scripture to transform our thinking and give us the real definition of love.
Today as we think of God as love we have to ask what does the Bible say about His love? Napakayaman ng Bibliya sa mga sinasabi nito tungkol sa Dios na pagibig depinisyon nito tungkol sa pagibig.
1. His love is a love that denies itself for the one loved. Ang kanyang pagibig ay isang pagibig na di lumilingon sa sarili maibig lang ang iniibig.
Basahin natin ang 1 Corinthians 13.
If you look deeply into this chapter you will find all the attributes of God we have discussed. So anong klaseng pagibig ito na siyang imahen dn ng ating Dios.
Ang pagibig niya ay matapat (His love is faithful),v.4
Ang kanyang pagibig ay di nagbabago (His love is unchanging),
Ang kanyang pagibig ay maawain (His love is merciful),v.5a
Ang kanyang pagibig ay hindi nagmamaliw (His love never fails).v.8
Napakaiba ang pagibig ng tao. Ang pagibig ng tao ay parating nakasalalay sa pagibig ng iba. Umiibig ang tao ngunit humihingi ito ng kapalit. The love of man is often contingent upon others returning our love or giving us the favors we demand. God’s love however does not seek His own benefit.
Kung ang pagibig natin ay kagaya ng pagibibig Niya, itong pagibig na ito ay makapagbago sa atin.
We love Him because He first loved us. 1John 4:19
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Psalms 48:9
Hindi natin maintindihan ang buong kalawakan ng kanyang kahulugan.
To step into this holy ground and try to elaborate on this description of God is to know we will only touch the surface of this attribute. In 1743 John Brine appropriately said, “No tongue can fully express the infinitude of God’s love, or any mind comprehend it: It ‘passeth knowledge’ (Ephesians 3:19). The most extensive ideas that a finite mind can frame about Divine love, are infinitely below its true nature.” As with all of God’s attributes, we must look past the mind of man to the revelation of God’s word to get a glimpse of this marvelous perfection of God’s love.
2. His love is a love that was a certain willingness to give up one’s life for another. Ang pagibig Niya ay may kahandaang ibigay ang sariling buhay.
Maibigay lang niya ang buhay na hawak sa iba, If we were to describe the love of God without the Word of God we would fall miserably short. 1 John 3:16 (NIV)16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. John 15:13 (KJV) Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ano ba ang dapat maibigay natin kagaya ng pagbibigay ng isang What more could anyone give for another? Romans 5:5-8 (NIV)5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
If we are to look at a picture of this attribute there is but one perfect picture – it is the cross. It is in Christ Jesus loving us so much that He willingly laid down His life for us. That is the love of God demonstrated for us so that we might be able to understand it. For God so loved the world He gave his only begotten son… A laying down of one’s life or that dearest to him for another is the love we are talking about. This is the love that God has for you. Oswald Chambers said, “In the cross we may see the dimensions of Divine love. The cross is not the cross of a man, but the exhibition of the heart of God. At the back of the wall of the world stands God with His arms outstretched, and every man driven there is driven into the arms of God. The cross of Jesus is the supreme evidence of the love of God.”
In 19 We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 (NIV) And remember what love we are talking about? Love that lays down your life. We see the love He first had for us in laying down His life for us, and as we let the power and reality of that past our hard exterior and into our very heart, the same type of love is birthed in us, His own love, that lays down our life for Him and for others. This is one place NIV has a more accurate rendering of the Greek, for there is no pronoun that is the object of love in the Greek. It doesn’t say we love HIM or we love OTHERS. The text just says, “We love because…”
3. His love causes us to love those whom He loves. Ang pagibig Niya ay tumutulak sa atin na umibig din sa mga iniibig Niya.
You can’t have that agape love in you without loving God and in turn those He loves. And again, that love is death to self, laying down your life. Follow along as I read what John writes in the fourth chapter of his first letter: 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.13 We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.17 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.19 We love because he first loved us.20 If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1 John 4:7-21 (NIV)
Verse 9 says God showed His love – it has been demonstrated in sending His only Son into the world, why? That we might live through Him. God loves us so much that He wants to rescue us from our spiritually dead condition. We don’t deserve to be rescued, but He loves us, and He desires to rescue us and give us life. The
Elizabeth DeBeasi tells the story of putting her daughter Carla to bed. She asked Carla, “What is it like to be 4?” Carla answered, “It’s special!” “Why”, her mother asked. “Because I know my mommy loves me”, came her quick reply. Life is special no matter what your age, because you know for sure that your heavenly Father loves you!
4. His love is poured on us. Ibinuhos Niya ang pagibig Niya sa atin.
1 John 3:1 (NIV) 1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! I like that word ‘lavished’. God’s love doesn’t just get distributed sparingly, for God declared Himself to Moses as the One abounding in love. What a need there is for us to know how much we are loved. When you realize what man is, as we contemplated in the sermon last week, and what it means that God is holy as we studied the week before, then we realize how much we need the love of God in abundance.
5. His love is a jealous love. His love desires that we love Him who is the righteous and just God that we have. Ang pagibig Niya ay seloso. Ninanais Niya na Dios na matuwid at walang kamalian Siya ay walang karibal sa ating pagibig.
James chapter four tells us how jealous God is over us. The world looks at jealousy as a negative virtue, but we must understand the desire of God is that we be completely His. What else is there? If we belong to anything else, it is the world – and that is sin – and sin destroys. God’s jealousy is holy, unlike man’s. It is a desire to see us pure, kept from evil, walking in His life and light, completely His.
The love and faithfulness of God are ever preceding Him, but remember that his rule and reigning is established on a foundation of righteousness and justice. Psalms 89:14 (NIV) declares, Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. The love of God will not ignore justice or keep from disciplining those He loves. With love comes some painful scourging. God will do, in love, whatever it takes to keep His child from going astray. He wants us to know the consequences of sin. If you want to walk closely with God welcome that consistent discipline from the loving hand of God.
When God allows those painful experiences in life it helps me to remember what Christ suffered. He was beloved of the Father but He experienced poverty, disgrace and persecution. He got hungry and thirsty. The fact that men were allowed to spit on Him and punch Him did not mean that God did not love Him. And so we, too, should not question the love of God when we are rejected, afflicted or in a trial. He had nowhere to lay His head but He did have the Spirit without measure. Understand that spiritual gifts and spiritual comfort are gifts of God’s love that are worth more than wealth, more than pleasure, more than all the world can offer.
Conclusion
Brothers and sisters, if we are going to touch the community, we must be willing to allow God to change us from whiners to winners! Winners realize they have won. They don’t focus on the little errors of others. They are focussed on the victory of Jesus. Because God loved you so much He made you a winner in His Son. When He said, “It is finished!” He was declaring His victory for you. When He rose from the dead He rose victorious over death and hell. If you’ve risen with Him you are a winner! His abundant love is upon you.
Eph 3:16-19(NIV)16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge --that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
God expects His life in you to express His love, His unconditional love to Him first. That is the great Commandment, and then to others as His love flows through you. John said, if that isn’t happening, we probably don’t know God, because GOD IS LOVE. The invitation is to open our hearts afresh to Calvary and our eyes to His love expressed in so many ways toward us personally everyday; and then for us to return that first love, and let it flow to others. The cost is laying down our life, but that is the natural fruit of knowing and receiving His love for us. We can’t work it up, but we can let it flow. We can follow the leading of the Holy Spirit as He expresses love toward the Father, and love to others.
I’ll close with a story from Ed Rotz. He went to the hospital to see his premature granddaughter, Zoe. Zoe is the Greek word for life. Little Zoe was only 1 pound and 7 ounces. Ed’s wedding band could slide up Zoe’s arm all the way to her shoulder. When Ed first saw Zoe she had 2 IVs in her naval and one in her foot. There were monitors on each side of her chest. In her mouth were respirator and feeding tubes. To make matters worse, one-week earlier Zoe’s biological father had moved on. The nurse, Helen, found out Ed was related and told him, “You are going to be Zoe’s surrogate father. I want you in here everyday stroking her arms and legs with your fingertips and telling her you love her. If this baby is going to make it she will have to hear and feel she is loved.”
God knew we needed His voice and touch, so He not only gave us His Word (His voice) but also His Son (His tangible presence). He gave us not only Jesus Christ (the Word made flesh) but also His body, the church. God’s voice and God’s touch say, “I love you. Keep your eyes open to His love as you go through each day and your ears open to His words of abounding love toward you.
Ang Pagibig ng Dios
The Love of God
God is love. 1John 4:8,16
Kung meron man isang salita na nakapagbigay kalituhan ng mga tao, ito ang salitang pagibig. Ano ba ang pagibig. What is love? Ang salitang love sa orihinal ay hindi kasi natin nabibigyan ng hustisya sa ating pagtranslate. May 3-4 na klase ng pagibig. Andiyan ang phileo na siyang ginagamit natin sa brotherly love. Andiyan ang eros na ang gamit ay para sa physical and sensual love. Dito ang ginagamit ay ang agape. Agape is that kind of love that is freely given and that expects nothing back. Ito ang pagibig na kusang binibigay at hindi humihingi ng kapalit.
Ang pagibig ay hindi yuong sentimentality, romantic attachments at iba pa. Minsan nalilito tayo sa sa ating sinasabi tungkol sa Dios , sinasabi natin na Siya ay pagibig ngunit dulot ng ating kalituhan ginagamit natin ang modern usage ng salitang pagibig.of the word ‘love’. We often think of love as some wimpy sentimental gushy indulgent kindness. This is where we need the truth of Scripture to transform our thinking and give us the real definition of love.
Today as we think of God as love we have to ask what does the Bible say about His love? Napakayaman ng Bibliya sa mga sinasabi nito tungkol sa Dios na pagibig depinisyon nito tungkol sa pagibig.
1. His love is a love that denies itself for the one loved. Ang kanyang pagibig ay isang pagibig na di lumilingon sa sarili maibig lang ang iniibig.
Basahin natin ang 1 Corinthians 13.
If you look deeply into this chapter you will find all the attributes of God we have discussed. So anong klaseng pagibig ito na siyang imahen dn ng ating Dios.
Ang pagibig niya ay matapat (His love is faithful),v.4
Ang kanyang pagibig ay di nagbabago (His love is unchanging),
Ang kanyang pagibig ay maawain (His love is merciful),v.5a
Ang kanyang pagibig ay hindi nagmamaliw (His love never fails).v.8
Napakaiba ang pagibig ng tao. Ang pagibig ng tao ay parating nakasalalay sa pagibig ng iba. Umiibig ang tao ngunit humihingi ito ng kapalit. The love of man is often contingent upon others returning our love or giving us the favors we demand. God’s love however does not seek His own benefit.
Kung ang pagibig natin ay kagaya ng pagibibig Niya, itong pagibig na ito ay makapagbago sa atin.
We love Him because He first loved us. 1John 4:19
Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Psalms 48:9
Hindi natin maintindihan ang buong kalawakan ng kanyang kahulugan.
To step into this holy ground and try to elaborate on this description of God is to know we will only touch the surface of this attribute. In 1743 John Brine appropriately said, “No tongue can fully express the infinitude of God’s love, or any mind comprehend it: It ‘passeth knowledge’ (Ephesians 3:19). The most extensive ideas that a finite mind can frame about Divine love, are infinitely below its true nature.” As with all of God’s attributes, we must look past the mind of man to the revelation of God’s word to get a glimpse of this marvelous perfection of God’s love.
2. His love is a love that was a certain willingness to give up one’s life for another. Ang pagibig Niya ay may kahandaang ibigay ang sariling buhay.
Maibigay lang niya ang buhay na hawak sa iba, If we were to describe the love of God without the Word of God we would fall miserably short. 1 John 3:16 (NIV)16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. John 15:13 (KJV) Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ano ba ang dapat maibigay natin kagaya ng pagbibigay ng isang What more could anyone give for another? Romans 5:5-8 (NIV)5 And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.7 Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
If we are to look at a picture of this attribute there is but one perfect picture – it is the cross. It is in Christ Jesus loving us so much that He willingly laid down His life for us. That is the love of God demonstrated for us so that we might be able to understand it. For God so loved the world He gave his only begotten son… A laying down of one’s life or that dearest to him for another is the love we are talking about. This is the love that God has for you. Oswald Chambers said, “In the cross we may see the dimensions of Divine love. The cross is not the cross of a man, but the exhibition of the heart of God. At the back of the wall of the world stands God with His arms outstretched, and every man driven there is driven into the arms of God. The cross of Jesus is the supreme evidence of the love of God.”
In 19 We love because he first loved us. 1 John 4:19 (NIV) And remember what love we are talking about? Love that lays down your life. We see the love He first had for us in laying down His life for us, and as we let the power and reality of that past our hard exterior and into our very heart, the same type of love is birthed in us, His own love, that lays down our life for Him and for others. This is one place NIV has a more accurate rendering of the Greek, for there is no pronoun that is the object of love in the Greek. It doesn’t say we love HIM or we love OTHERS. The text just says, “We love because…”
3. His love causes us to love those whom He loves. Ang pagibig Niya ay tumutulak sa atin na umibig din sa mga iniibig Niya.
You can’t have that agape love in you without loving God and in turn those He loves. And again, that love is death to self, laying down your life. Follow along as I read what John writes in the fourth chapter of his first letter: 7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.13 We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.17 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.19 We love because he first loved us.20 If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. 1 John 4:7-21 (NIV)
Verse 9 says God showed His love – it has been demonstrated in sending His only Son into the world, why? That we might live through Him. God loves us so much that He wants to rescue us from our spiritually dead condition. We don’t deserve to be rescued, but He loves us, and He desires to rescue us and give us life. The
Elizabeth DeBeasi tells the story of putting her daughter Carla to bed. She asked Carla, “What is it like to be 4?” Carla answered, “It’s special!” “Why”, her mother asked. “Because I know my mommy loves me”, came her quick reply. Life is special no matter what your age, because you know for sure that your heavenly Father loves you!
4. His love is poured on us. Ibinuhos Niya ang pagibig Niya sa atin.
1 John 3:1 (NIV) 1 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! I like that word ‘lavished’. God’s love doesn’t just get distributed sparingly, for God declared Himself to Moses as the One abounding in love. What a need there is for us to know how much we are loved. When you realize what man is, as we contemplated in the sermon last week, and what it means that God is holy as we studied the week before, then we realize how much we need the love of God in abundance.
5. His love is a jealous love. His love desires that we love Him who is the righteous and just God that we have. Ang pagibig Niya ay seloso. Ninanais Niya na Dios na matuwid at walang kamalian Siya ay walang karibal sa ating pagibig.
James chapter four tells us how jealous God is over us. The world looks at jealousy as a negative virtue, but we must understand the desire of God is that we be completely His. What else is there? If we belong to anything else, it is the world – and that is sin – and sin destroys. God’s jealousy is holy, unlike man’s. It is a desire to see us pure, kept from evil, walking in His life and light, completely His.
The love and faithfulness of God are ever preceding Him, but remember that his rule and reigning is established on a foundation of righteousness and justice. Psalms 89:14 (NIV) declares, Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you. The love of God will not ignore justice or keep from disciplining those He loves. With love comes some painful scourging. God will do, in love, whatever it takes to keep His child from going astray. He wants us to know the consequences of sin. If you want to walk closely with God welcome that consistent discipline from the loving hand of God.
When God allows those painful experiences in life it helps me to remember what Christ suffered. He was beloved of the Father but He experienced poverty, disgrace and persecution. He got hungry and thirsty. The fact that men were allowed to spit on Him and punch Him did not mean that God did not love Him. And so we, too, should not question the love of God when we are rejected, afflicted or in a trial. He had nowhere to lay His head but He did have the Spirit without measure. Understand that spiritual gifts and spiritual comfort are gifts of God’s love that are worth more than wealth, more than pleasure, more than all the world can offer.
Conclusion
Brothers and sisters, if we are going to touch the community, we must be willing to allow God to change us from whiners to winners! Winners realize they have won. They don’t focus on the little errors of others. They are focussed on the victory of Jesus. Because God loved you so much He made you a winner in His Son. When He said, “It is finished!” He was declaring His victory for you. When He rose from the dead He rose victorious over death and hell. If you’ve risen with Him you are a winner! His abundant love is upon you.
Eph 3:16-19(NIV)16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge --that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
God expects His life in you to express His love, His unconditional love to Him first. That is the great Commandment, and then to others as His love flows through you. John said, if that isn’t happening, we probably don’t know God, because GOD IS LOVE. The invitation is to open our hearts afresh to Calvary and our eyes to His love expressed in so many ways toward us personally everyday; and then for us to return that first love, and let it flow to others. The cost is laying down our life, but that is the natural fruit of knowing and receiving His love for us. We can’t work it up, but we can let it flow. We can follow the leading of the Holy Spirit as He expresses love toward the Father, and love to others.
I’ll close with a story from Ed Rotz. He went to the hospital to see his premature granddaughter, Zoe. Zoe is the Greek word for life. Little Zoe was only 1 pound and 7 ounces. Ed’s wedding band could slide up Zoe’s arm all the way to her shoulder. When Ed first saw Zoe she had 2 IVs in her naval and one in her foot. There were monitors on each side of her chest. In her mouth were respirator and feeding tubes. To make matters worse, one-week earlier Zoe’s biological father had moved on. The nurse, Helen, found out Ed was related and told him, “You are going to be Zoe’s surrogate father. I want you in here everyday stroking her arms and legs with your fingertips and telling her you love her. If this baby is going to make it she will have to hear and feel she is loved.”
God knew we needed His voice and touch, so He not only gave us His Word (His voice) but also His Son (His tangible presence). He gave us not only Jesus Christ (the Word made flesh) but also His body, the church. God’s voice and God’s touch say, “I love you. Keep your eyes open to His love as you go through each day and your ears open to His words of abounding love toward you.
ANG KATAPATAN NG DIOS
Ang katapatan ng Dios
God’s Faithfulness
Ito ang second sa serye natin tungkol sa mga attributes at karakter ng Panginoon.
Who is God? God is the sum of all His attributes – descriptive words that inform us of His makeup.
Ang bawat isang attribute or characteristic o karakter ng Dios ay nakikita nating napiperfect sa Dios. Ang bawat expression ng bawat isang attribute ay reflection lang sa bawat karakter ng Paginoon.
All the characteristics of God are perfect and in perfect harmony with one another. The facets on a diamond could serve as an illustration. Each cut makes a surface on the diamond, and light goes in and out of all the surfaces making a sparkle. If one surface is marred you do not have a perfect diamond and it will not sparkle like a flawless diamond. Each perfect surface is one of the attributes of God.
There are faithful people, but if we want to see real faithfulness we look at God. Faithfulness is one of God’s attributes and we are going to discuss that today.
If God was faithful but He was not totally righteous, what is it that He would be faithful to? If God is love but is not just then what does He love?
You see the attributes of God interact and are perfected by the other attributes.
Each adds to the beauty and perfection of the others. If any one were missing, none would be perfect.
Sa serye na ito tatalakayin natin ngayon ang kanyang faithfulness..
Napakahalaga na maintindihan natin ang karakter ng Dios. Ang karakter niya ang ating batayan kung ano ang tama at mali. It is because He is faithful that we should be faithful.
Naisip ba natin kung bakit tama o’ mali ang isang bagay. Tama ang isang bagay hindi lang dahil sabi ng Dios. Tama ang isang bagay dahil ito ay batay sa Kanya. Something is wrong because it is at odds with the character of our perfect God.Itong konsepto na ito ay parang wala na. Ang mali ay ginagawang tama sapagkat nalilimutan na natin ang tunay na tama na Siyang ating Panginoon.
As we enter this subject we are standing on holy ground. We are not walking on the disputable territory of the opinions of men but the declaration of Scripture.
Paano ba natin nalalaman na Siya ay faithful? How do we know God is faithful? Ayon sa salita Niya, ang Dios natin ay faithful at Siya ay di marunong magsinungaling. He has proven Himself faithful in the lives of the characters throughout Scripture. Ang Biblia ay nagpapahayag nito at sa isang maiksi na word study makikita natin kung gaano ka faithful ang ating Panginoon. You will see that when His faithfulness is mentioned often another characteristic of God is mentioned alongside it.
1. Siya ay kapanapanalig. He is a reliable God.
Ex 34:5-7 (NIV)Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
Here God declares Himself to be abounding in faithfulness. The Hebrew word used here for faithfulness is emeth. It is used in Genesis 24:27 when the servant of Abraham looks for a wife for Isaac and is led right to her; he declares that God has been emeth with Abraham. God answered Abraham’s prayer and provided a wife for Isaac. That was an expression of God’s abounding faithfulness. Faithfulness is translated ‘true’ in the KJV. Strong’s concordance says emeth means: firm, sure, reliable, and stable. That is what God declares Himself to be.
Hasn’t He proven Himself emeth with you? Has He answered your prayers and provided for your needs? Have you found Him to be reliable? Then you have experienced His faithfulness. I can certainly tell you He has been faithful toward me. Even when I was faithless, ignoring His warnings, fighting His Holy Spirit, He was faithful. He was faithful to discipline me, faithful to continually to convict me when I walked in rebellion, faithful to provide a way to escape, faithful to bring brothers and sisters to help, faithful to teach me. He has been nothing but faithful (emeth) to me.
2. Siya ay ang ating sariling sandigan. He is our support.
Deut 7:9 (NIV)9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
This word is aman: To support, confirm, and be faithful – It is used of the support pillars for a door. Here it is used in connection with His covenant of love. He is the One that confirms it and supports it. “He is the faithful God,” means you can count on His love continuing in your life. Where do you run when the earth shakes? Between the door pillars, the faithfulness of God! Where do those who do not know God run when there is trouble? There is no one else that can support us like God can.
3. Siya ay matuwid at di nagbabago. He sticks withwhat is right and never ever changes.
Deut 32:4 (NIV)4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
Here the word ‘faithful’ is Emuwnah – firm, steadfast – You can count on God to do what is right with consistency. He is never one way this week and of a different bent the next. He is steadfast! When you go to Him, you always know what to expect. He’ll never be out to lunch, sleeping on the job, not ready to hear your need. No, our God is steadfast. He is always on the side of good because He is good.
4. Higit pa sa ating pangangailangan ang kanyang faithfulness. His faithfulness is greater than what we think about Him.
Psalms 36:5(NIV)5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
Do you recall the old children’s song, “So high you can’t get over it, so low you can’t get under it, so wide you can’t get around it, you gotta go in through the door”? His love and faithfulness are always bigger than our need.
I’ve been tempted to doubt God’s faithfulness, His dependability. I think we all have doubted. If we did not doubt we would believe every word of Scripture as if it was a contract with the most capable, most dependable person to ever live. Come to think of it, it is! Has there ever been anyone more capable, more dependable than Jesus? Then why do we not utterly trust His every Word? We certainly should.
5. Ang kanyang faithfulness ay saganang bukal para sa atin. His faithfulness is like an abundant spring for us.
Psalms 86:14-15 (NIV)14 The arrogant are attacking me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life-- men without regard for you.15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
Abounding faithfulness! When we are under attack, when it seems like everyone is against us, we can count on the abounding love and faithfulness of our Father. He is seeking our best, in contrast to those that seek to harm us. Compassionate and gracious, abounding in love and faithfulness, what an awesome God!
6. Ang kanyang Faithfulness ay kanaisnais ipahayag. His faithfulness is worthy to be proclaimed.
Psalms 89:1-2 (NIV)1 I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. 2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
David wanted to tell every generation of God’s faithfulness. The youth can trust Him to raise them up to be men and women of God. The adults can trust His faithfulness in guiding them into the ministry He is leading them into. The aged can count on His faithfulness to see them through to their heavenly home. He says the foundation of this faithfulness, this eternal love of God, is fixed in heaven itself, not here on this changeable realm. Four of the last five scriptures have tied love with faithfulness. He is faithful to you because He has set His love on you.
7. Ang kanyang Faithfulness ay ine-express Niya kasama ang pag-ibig
Psalms 91:4 (NIV)4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
2 Thess. 3:3 (NIV)3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
His faithfulness protects you. You surely must realize that Satan would destroy you in a moment for he came to kill, steal and destroy, but the Lord is faithful to protect you! Take that protection away for an instant and we would be gone. Thank God for His faithful covering. Don’t step out from under it. Walk in obedience.
Psalms 119:75 (NIV)75 I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Illness can be an expression of His faithfulness. If there is something we need to learn, or something we will not heed any other way, His faithful love will bring us into affliction. God does not always want to heal. Those who He loves, He chastens and He scourges every son He receives.
Isaiah 25:1 (NIV)1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.
All He does is in perfect faithfulness. You will notice that perfection is applied to all His attributes. There is not even a tiny flaw in His faithful acts. All that God has planned will happen, and it is all planned in consistency with His perfect faithfulness. We are so used to thinking of God as being like man that we have a hard time really grasping how perfect and wonderful He is. He is utterly trustworthy. Where are you placing your trust?
Lam 3:22-23 (NIV)22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
His love and compassion are always new every morning – what great faithfulness!
Jesus name is Faithful and True. The Old Testament word for faithful was often translated true. He is truth, and because of that He is also faithful. Here faithfulness is mentioned alongside justice. God’s love is His faithfulness toward those who receive what Jesus has done for them, and His wrath is His faithful justice toward those who reject Him and all the goodness that He is.
From these passages we have a clarification of this attribute and how it is displayed toward our lives. We also see what we should be like. Let me go over these Biblical implications of the faithfulness of God as declared in these passages.
He is dependable to answer our prayers and to meet our needs. We can count on His love continuing in our lives. He will always be consistent. In every thing He does and in all
His ways, faithfulness is displayed. It is huge (reaching the skies). It never changes. It seeks what is best for us. It protects us. Sometimes it afflicts us to teach us. It assures us that all God’s promises will be kept. It is perfect – without the slightest flaw. It brings new compassion each morning. It will see us to be made complete, blameless in body, soul and spirit. It limits our temptations, providing a way out of temptation. When we confess sin it applies forgiveness and cleansing. It is inseparable from truth and it should be a part of our character.
What should this mean to us in our everyday lives? We may believe God is faithful but do we act on it. To act on His faithfulness means not to worry about tomorrow. It means fretting and fear have no place in our lives, for God is entirely trustworthy. It should give us a sense of peace regardless of our situation. We will all face times when it will be hard to see His faithful love in circumstances in our lives, but if we are believing what we know of His character, we can praise God in the midst of the trial, knowing He is faithful. In the Psalms, David pours out his complaint to the Lord and then says, “But in the past You delivered me and I know You will do it again.” Then he begins to praise God. That was His confidence in God who is always faithful. He has delivered you in the past and He will deliver you in the future. Have the same confidence in His faithfulness that David had!
Today, faithfulness has hit an all-time low in our society. Divorce comes from a lack of marital faithfulness, insecure children from a lack of parental faithfulness, ruined businesses due to financial unfaithfulness. Since God is calling us to the faithfulness that is His own character, how does this work in your life? How can you express His faithfulness to your mate, children, employer or employees, and those you come in contact with every day? Can they see God’s faithfulness in your actions? Is God calling you into a deeper walk of faithfulness today? In what area of your life? And how will you let Him express it in you? He is faithful and He will help you to live in an expression of His faithfulness if you are willing.
When I look back on my life, I see many times when I doubted the faithfulness of God. As time passed I could see that God was faithful even when man was not. God was faithful, even when I was not. If you are in a time of wondering, let me encourage you that one day you will see, God has been faithful. I say that with all certainty. One day you will see His faithfulness has never wavered one tiny bit. It never has. It never will. Just as God is good all the time, He is faithful all the time. We can say with certainty that God is faithful all the time. And all the time God is faithful. Let this truth sink into your heart and affect the way you see and interpret the world around you.
I have shared with you this list of Scriptures and some of their implications so you can examine what God desires to work into your heart and life. He wants sons and daughters that look like Him. Be a godly expression of faithfulness in the world in which you live for His glory, in response to His faithfulness to you.
God’s Faithfulness
Ito ang second sa serye natin tungkol sa mga attributes at karakter ng Panginoon.
Who is God? God is the sum of all His attributes – descriptive words that inform us of His makeup.
Ang bawat isang attribute or characteristic o karakter ng Dios ay nakikita nating napiperfect sa Dios. Ang bawat expression ng bawat isang attribute ay reflection lang sa bawat karakter ng Paginoon.
All the characteristics of God are perfect and in perfect harmony with one another. The facets on a diamond could serve as an illustration. Each cut makes a surface on the diamond, and light goes in and out of all the surfaces making a sparkle. If one surface is marred you do not have a perfect diamond and it will not sparkle like a flawless diamond. Each perfect surface is one of the attributes of God.
There are faithful people, but if we want to see real faithfulness we look at God. Faithfulness is one of God’s attributes and we are going to discuss that today.
If God was faithful but He was not totally righteous, what is it that He would be faithful to? If God is love but is not just then what does He love?
You see the attributes of God interact and are perfected by the other attributes.
Each adds to the beauty and perfection of the others. If any one were missing, none would be perfect.
Sa serye na ito tatalakayin natin ngayon ang kanyang faithfulness..
Napakahalaga na maintindihan natin ang karakter ng Dios. Ang karakter niya ang ating batayan kung ano ang tama at mali. It is because He is faithful that we should be faithful.
Naisip ba natin kung bakit tama o’ mali ang isang bagay. Tama ang isang bagay hindi lang dahil sabi ng Dios. Tama ang isang bagay dahil ito ay batay sa Kanya. Something is wrong because it is at odds with the character of our perfect God.Itong konsepto na ito ay parang wala na. Ang mali ay ginagawang tama sapagkat nalilimutan na natin ang tunay na tama na Siyang ating Panginoon.
As we enter this subject we are standing on holy ground. We are not walking on the disputable territory of the opinions of men but the declaration of Scripture.
Paano ba natin nalalaman na Siya ay faithful? How do we know God is faithful? Ayon sa salita Niya, ang Dios natin ay faithful at Siya ay di marunong magsinungaling. He has proven Himself faithful in the lives of the characters throughout Scripture. Ang Biblia ay nagpapahayag nito at sa isang maiksi na word study makikita natin kung gaano ka faithful ang ating Panginoon. You will see that when His faithfulness is mentioned often another characteristic of God is mentioned alongside it.
1. Siya ay kapanapanalig. He is a reliable God.
Ex 34:5-7 (NIV)Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD. 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
Here God declares Himself to be abounding in faithfulness. The Hebrew word used here for faithfulness is emeth. It is used in Genesis 24:27 when the servant of Abraham looks for a wife for Isaac and is led right to her; he declares that God has been emeth with Abraham. God answered Abraham’s prayer and provided a wife for Isaac. That was an expression of God’s abounding faithfulness. Faithfulness is translated ‘true’ in the KJV. Strong’s concordance says emeth means: firm, sure, reliable, and stable. That is what God declares Himself to be.
Hasn’t He proven Himself emeth with you? Has He answered your prayers and provided for your needs? Have you found Him to be reliable? Then you have experienced His faithfulness. I can certainly tell you He has been faithful toward me. Even when I was faithless, ignoring His warnings, fighting His Holy Spirit, He was faithful. He was faithful to discipline me, faithful to continually to convict me when I walked in rebellion, faithful to provide a way to escape, faithful to bring brothers and sisters to help, faithful to teach me. He has been nothing but faithful (emeth) to me.
2. Siya ay ang ating sariling sandigan. He is our support.
Deut 7:9 (NIV)9 Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
This word is aman: To support, confirm, and be faithful – It is used of the support pillars for a door. Here it is used in connection with His covenant of love. He is the One that confirms it and supports it. “He is the faithful God,” means you can count on His love continuing in your life. Where do you run when the earth shakes? Between the door pillars, the faithfulness of God! Where do those who do not know God run when there is trouble? There is no one else that can support us like God can.
3. Siya ay matuwid at di nagbabago. He sticks withwhat is right and never ever changes.
Deut 32:4 (NIV)4 He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
Here the word ‘faithful’ is Emuwnah – firm, steadfast – You can count on God to do what is right with consistency. He is never one way this week and of a different bent the next. He is steadfast! When you go to Him, you always know what to expect. He’ll never be out to lunch, sleeping on the job, not ready to hear your need. No, our God is steadfast. He is always on the side of good because He is good.
4. Higit pa sa ating pangangailangan ang kanyang faithfulness. His faithfulness is greater than what we think about Him.
Psalms 36:5(NIV)5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies.
Do you recall the old children’s song, “So high you can’t get over it, so low you can’t get under it, so wide you can’t get around it, you gotta go in through the door”? His love and faithfulness are always bigger than our need.
I’ve been tempted to doubt God’s faithfulness, His dependability. I think we all have doubted. If we did not doubt we would believe every word of Scripture as if it was a contract with the most capable, most dependable person to ever live. Come to think of it, it is! Has there ever been anyone more capable, more dependable than Jesus? Then why do we not utterly trust His every Word? We certainly should.
5. Ang kanyang faithfulness ay saganang bukal para sa atin. His faithfulness is like an abundant spring for us.
Psalms 86:14-15 (NIV)14 The arrogant are attacking me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life-- men without regard for you.15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.
Abounding faithfulness! When we are under attack, when it seems like everyone is against us, we can count on the abounding love and faithfulness of our Father. He is seeking our best, in contrast to those that seek to harm us. Compassionate and gracious, abounding in love and faithfulness, what an awesome God!
6. Ang kanyang Faithfulness ay kanaisnais ipahayag. His faithfulness is worthy to be proclaimed.
Psalms 89:1-2 (NIV)1 I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. 2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
David wanted to tell every generation of God’s faithfulness. The youth can trust Him to raise them up to be men and women of God. The adults can trust His faithfulness in guiding them into the ministry He is leading them into. The aged can count on His faithfulness to see them through to their heavenly home. He says the foundation of this faithfulness, this eternal love of God, is fixed in heaven itself, not here on this changeable realm. Four of the last five scriptures have tied love with faithfulness. He is faithful to you because He has set His love on you.
7. Ang kanyang Faithfulness ay ine-express Niya kasama ang pag-ibig
Psalms 91:4 (NIV)4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
2 Thess. 3:3 (NIV)3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
His faithfulness protects you. You surely must realize that Satan would destroy you in a moment for he came to kill, steal and destroy, but the Lord is faithful to protect you! Take that protection away for an instant and we would be gone. Thank God for His faithful covering. Don’t step out from under it. Walk in obedience.
Psalms 119:75 (NIV)75 I know, O LORD, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
Illness can be an expression of His faithfulness. If there is something we need to learn, or something we will not heed any other way, His faithful love will bring us into affliction. God does not always want to heal. Those who He loves, He chastens and He scourges every son He receives.
Isaiah 25:1 (NIV)1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.
All He does is in perfect faithfulness. You will notice that perfection is applied to all His attributes. There is not even a tiny flaw in His faithful acts. All that God has planned will happen, and it is all planned in consistency with His perfect faithfulness. We are so used to thinking of God as being like man that we have a hard time really grasping how perfect and wonderful He is. He is utterly trustworthy. Where are you placing your trust?
Lam 3:22-23 (NIV)22 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
His love and compassion are always new every morning – what great faithfulness!
Jesus name is Faithful and True. The Old Testament word for faithful was often translated true. He is truth, and because of that He is also faithful. Here faithfulness is mentioned alongside justice. God’s love is His faithfulness toward those who receive what Jesus has done for them, and His wrath is His faithful justice toward those who reject Him and all the goodness that He is.
From these passages we have a clarification of this attribute and how it is displayed toward our lives. We also see what we should be like. Let me go over these Biblical implications of the faithfulness of God as declared in these passages.
He is dependable to answer our prayers and to meet our needs. We can count on His love continuing in our lives. He will always be consistent. In every thing He does and in all
His ways, faithfulness is displayed. It is huge (reaching the skies). It never changes. It seeks what is best for us. It protects us. Sometimes it afflicts us to teach us. It assures us that all God’s promises will be kept. It is perfect – without the slightest flaw. It brings new compassion each morning. It will see us to be made complete, blameless in body, soul and spirit. It limits our temptations, providing a way out of temptation. When we confess sin it applies forgiveness and cleansing. It is inseparable from truth and it should be a part of our character.
What should this mean to us in our everyday lives? We may believe God is faithful but do we act on it. To act on His faithfulness means not to worry about tomorrow. It means fretting and fear have no place in our lives, for God is entirely trustworthy. It should give us a sense of peace regardless of our situation. We will all face times when it will be hard to see His faithful love in circumstances in our lives, but if we are believing what we know of His character, we can praise God in the midst of the trial, knowing He is faithful. In the Psalms, David pours out his complaint to the Lord and then says, “But in the past You delivered me and I know You will do it again.” Then he begins to praise God. That was His confidence in God who is always faithful. He has delivered you in the past and He will deliver you in the future. Have the same confidence in His faithfulness that David had!
Today, faithfulness has hit an all-time low in our society. Divorce comes from a lack of marital faithfulness, insecure children from a lack of parental faithfulness, ruined businesses due to financial unfaithfulness. Since God is calling us to the faithfulness that is His own character, how does this work in your life? How can you express His faithfulness to your mate, children, employer or employees, and those you come in contact with every day? Can they see God’s faithfulness in your actions? Is God calling you into a deeper walk of faithfulness today? In what area of your life? And how will you let Him express it in you? He is faithful and He will help you to live in an expression of His faithfulness if you are willing.
When I look back on my life, I see many times when I doubted the faithfulness of God. As time passed I could see that God was faithful even when man was not. God was faithful, even when I was not. If you are in a time of wondering, let me encourage you that one day you will see, God has been faithful. I say that with all certainty. One day you will see His faithfulness has never wavered one tiny bit. It never has. It never will. Just as God is good all the time, He is faithful all the time. We can say with certainty that God is faithful all the time. And all the time God is faithful. Let this truth sink into your heart and affect the way you see and interpret the world around you.
I have shared with you this list of Scriptures and some of their implications so you can examine what God desires to work into your heart and life. He wants sons and daughters that look like Him. Be a godly expression of faithfulness in the world in which you live for His glory, in response to His faithfulness to you.
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Ang Kabanalan ng Dios
The Holiness of God
Isaiah 6:1-5
Ano ba ang deskripsyon ng ating Panginoon?
1. Before anything was created there was the _________. All things created came into being at the utterance of his voice. He _______ and they _____.
2. From eternity He has remained __________, needing _________, self-sustaining, dependent on none. All his creation is dependent on Him.
3. He is alone is __________. He has no __________and ________and no ___________or limitations except that of his own perfect attributes.
What should an encounter with God’s holiness cause us to do? Kung makaharap natin ang Dios na banal ano kaya ang mangyayari sa atin?
1. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause us to ________ Him. Ang bawat encounter natin sa kabanalan ng Panginoon ay dapat magudyok sa atin na sumamba sa Kanya. Every encounter with God in Scripture, God in His glory, causes the one who sees the revelation to fear and tremble.
Moses Habakkuk
2. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause us to see our__________ ______________. Ang bawat encounter natin sa Panginoon ay dapat magudyok sa atin na makita ang ating sariling kasuklamsuklam na pagkamakasalanan.
Job
• If we want to see ourselves let us use God’s mirror of holiness. According to that mirror, we are not so bad, we are just very bad.
• God’s mirror tells us we are simply doomed.
• God’s mirror tells us that God’s holiness is such that we should rightly fear God.
3. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause me to emphasize __________ Ang bawat encounter ay nangangahulugan ng isang panibagong emphasis sa ___________Niya.
His holiness will cause me to condemn sin especially in my own being
4. An encounter with God’s holiness should make me treat Him as the _____ _________Holy God. Ang encounter natin sa Kanya dapat ay mag-udyok sa atin na ituring Siya bilang kaisaisang Dios na banal at wala ng iba.
5. An encounter with God will cause me to live for Him ____________. Ang encounter natin sa Kanya ay dapat magtulak sa atin na mamuhay na banal __________Niya.
What do we see here? God is holy. He demands that we live holy lives. His laws are to be standards that we should follow. We are by nature unholy, unable to obey.But instead of obliterating us to nothing He changes us that we may be able to obey Him. We are not perfect. We are only a people whose perfect and holy God is at work in changing us.
Conclusion:
Ang Kabanalan ng Dios
The Holiness of God
Isaiah 6:1-5
Ano ba ang deskripsyon ng ating Panginoon?
1. Before anything was created there was the _________. All things created came into being at the utterance of his voice. He _______ and they _____.
2. From eternity He has remained __________, needing _________, self-sustaining, dependent on none. All his creation is dependent on Him.
3. He is alone is __________. He has no __________and ________and no ___________or limitations except that of his own perfect attributes.
What should an encounter with God’s holiness cause us to do? Kung makaharap natin ang Dios na banal ano kaya ang mangyayari sa atin?
1. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause us to ________ Him. Ang bawat encounter natin sa kabanalan ng Panginoon ay dapat magudyok sa atin na sumamba sa Kanya. Every encounter with God in Scripture, God in His glory, causes the one who sees the revelation to fear and tremble.
Moses Habakkuk
2. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause us to see our__________ ______________. Ang bawat encounter natin sa Panginoon ay dapat magudyok sa atin na makita ang ating sariling kasuklamsuklam na pagkamakasalanan.
Job
• If we want to see ourselves let us use God’s mirror of holiness. According to that mirror, we are not so bad, we are just very bad.
• God’s mirror tells us we are simply doomed.
• God’s mirror tells us that God’s holiness is such that we should rightly fear God.
3. An encounter with God’s holiness should cause me to emphasize __________ Ang bawat encounter ay nangangahulugan ng isang panibagong emphasis sa ___________Niya.
His holiness will cause me to condemn sin especially in my own being
4. An encounter with God’s holiness should make me treat Him as the _____ _________Holy God. Ang encounter natin sa Kanya dapat ay mag-udyok sa atin na ituring Siya bilang kaisaisang Dios na banal at wala ng iba.
5. An encounter with God will cause me to live for Him ____________. Ang encounter natin sa Kanya ay dapat magtulak sa atin na mamuhay na banal __________Niya.
What do we see here? God is holy. He demands that we live holy lives. His laws are to be standards that we should follow. We are by nature unholy, unable to obey.But instead of obliterating us to nothing He changes us that we may be able to obey Him. We are not perfect. We are only a people whose perfect and holy God is at work in changing us.
Conclusion:
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